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LOG-BOOK
OF
TIMOTHY BOARDMAN;
Kept on Board the Privateer Oliver Cromwell, during a
Cruise from New London, Ct., to Charleston,
S. C., and Return,
in 1778;
ALSO,
A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
OF THE AUTHOR.
BY THE REV. SAMUEL W. BOARDMAN, D.D.
ISSUED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE RUTLAND
COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
ALBANY, N. Y.:
JOEL MUNSELL’S SONS.
1885.
PREFACE.
Under the auspices of the Rutland County Historical Society, ispublished the Log-Book of Timothy Boardman, one of the pioneer settlersof the town of Rutland, Vermont. This journal was kept on board theprivateer, Oliver Cromwell, during two cruises; the second one from NewLondon, Conn., to Charleston, S. C.; the third from Charleston to NewLondon, in the year 1778. It seems that the Log-Book of the first cruisewas either lost, never kept, or Mr. Boardman was not one of the crew tokeep it. It was kept as a private diary without any view to its everbeing published.
When this manuscript, on coarse, unruled paper, was brought to light, itcame to the knowledge of the officers of the county historical society,who, at once, decided that it was a document of considerable value andshould be published. Correspondence was accordingly[Pg 4] opened with theRev. Samuel W. Boardman, D.D., of Stanhope, New Jersey, a grandson ofTimothy, to whom this document properly belonged, asking his permissionto allow the society to publish it. The Reverend Doctor immediately gavehis consent; and in his own words: “Supposed it was largely dry details.Still these may throw side lights of value, on the history of thetimes.” At the same time he also consented to furnish a biographicalsketch of his grandfather to be published with the Log-Book. Accordinglythe sketch was prepared, but it proves to be not only a sketch, but avaluable genealogy of that branch of the Boardman family. This sketchwas collected from many sources, mostly from manuscripts.
The Boardmans in Rutland county are all known as a strictly industrious,upright, religious, scholarly race; and they are so interwoven with theearly history, business and educational interests of the county, thatthis document must meet with general favor and interest.
John M. Currier,
Sec. of the Rutland County
Historical Society.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
OF
DEA. TIMOTHY BOARDMAN.
BY
Rev. Samuel W. Boardman, D.D.
Stanhope, New Jersey.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
There is still preserved a letter from England, written in a fine hand,with red ink, dated Obeydon? Fe